An ocean of knowledge covering every aspect
of human life-physical, mental, emotional, educational, social, economical, intellectual
and spiritual too-was the culture of yesterdays-is the way of happy, healthy life today
and surely will become a necessity tomorrow. Known and practised by every individual in
ancient India, Yoga the great Science-the Art of living-has more relevance &
importance in this 21st Century which is going to be full of stress due to the
ultra-modern life style. |
During the Hyderabad visit of Acharya Vinoba
Bhave in the year 1951 - 52. Some philanthropists, social workers and well wishers of the
twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad met together and formed "SARVODAYA
VICHAR PRACHAR TRUST".
To further its service activities, the Trust was allotted a valuable piece of land by the
Hyderabad Municipal Corporation in the Tilak Park, Sultan Bazar, Hyderabad. On this land,
the foundation stone for the "Gandhi Gyan Mandir" building was
laid by Frontier Gandhi, (Khan Abdul Gaffer Khan) on 27th December 1969. Shri Tokarshi
Lalji Kapadia along with Sarvashri P.L. Bhandari, Rama Krishna Dhoot, Satyanarayan Gupta,
Birdichand Chaudhari, Kamalnarayan Agarwal and many other influential people had gone
house to house and collected contributions for the construction of the building. The
business community of the twin cities had donated liberally for this noble cause.
M/s Balaji Shivnarayan and Co. Had contributed major amount for the construction of the
main hall in Gandhi Gyan Mandir. The building was inaugurated by Dr.Sriman Narayan the
then chairman of Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, Delhi on 2nd October 1974, the auspicious day of
Gandhi Jayanti.
A sub-committee was formed with the name of "Gandhi Gyan Mandir Sahayogi Sangh"
to organize the programs at Gandhi Gyan Mandir, with Sri Satyanarayan Gupta, as Chairman
and Shri Surendra Luniya as Honorary Secretary. |
